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176December 1965
$0.25

Batman #176

DC · December 1965 · on sale 1965-10-07

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Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#176
Publication date
December 1965
Key date
1965-12-00
On-sale date
1965-10-07
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
84
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes!cover1pencils: Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff, Curt Swan; inks: Charles Paris, George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
1By Popular Demand... Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes!table of contents1letters: typeset
2The Parasols of Plundercomic story12script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe LettereseBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Rink (night watchman); unnamed prison warden; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Lefty (villain); Duke (villain)
4Builders of the Future!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Fox, the Shark, and the Vulturecomic story12script: Dave Wood; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Terrible Trio [The Fox; The Shark; The Vulture] (villains, introduction for all)
8Batman; Detective Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
9The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zerocomic story8.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Zero (villain, introduction and origin, later called Mr. Freeze); Marty (villain); Gus (villain); Kirk (villain); Luke (villain)
10Mystery in Space; Ultra the Multi-Alienpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
13Giant Batmanletters page1letters: typeset
14Catwoman's Grasshopper Chasecomic story8script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Jack Burnley, Fred Ray; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappCatwoman (villain)
15-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
16-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
17The Caveman at Largecomic story6script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat GordonBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Goth [Carlin] (villain)
19The Brave and the Boldpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
20The Challenge of the Calendar Mancomic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Calendar Man [Julian Day; Maharajah the Magician] (villain, introduction)
21The Joker's Utility Beltcomic story12script: David Vern; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Charlie Chaplin (image); Oliver Hardy (image); Stan Laurel (image); Will Rogers (image); The Joker (villain)
22Hey, Characters!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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